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title: בֶּצֶר — Bezer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּצֶר (lemma:בֶּצֶר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Bezer. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּצֶר

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«בֶּצֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bezer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:בֶּצֶר · **BDB:** בֶּ֫צֶר²

### Glosses

Bezer (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bezer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5e6_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5e6_5b6_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (fortress)— n.pr.loc. city in Reuben (MI בצר) Dt 4:43 Jos 20:8 1 Ch 6:63. n.pr.m. a descendant of Asher 1 Ch 7:37.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּצֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b6_5bc_5e6_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 21:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.21.36/)

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וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ וְאֶת־יַ֖הְצָה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃

*Word for word:* and from the.tribe of.Reuben (et) Bezer and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) (to) Jahaz and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;

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[Deuteronomy 4:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.43/)

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אֶת־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑יוְאֶת־רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ לַגָּדִ֔י וְאֶת־גּוֹלָ֥ן בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* (et) Bezer in the wilderness in the.land of the.plain for the Reubenite\[s\] and (et) Ramoth in (the) Gilead for the Gadite\[s\] and (et) Golan in (the) Bashan for the Manassite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

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